Kya was so taken with Henson’s playful banter that she could hardly feel sleepy even after everyone had left. She waved goodbye to him with a reluctant smile, “Bro, see you later!”

Estelle looked on with admiration, “I never realized you had such a knack for charming kids!”

Henson replied with a mature smirk, “It’s nothing, really. Little tykes like her are easy to please!”

Yet Estelle couldn’t help but think that at home, Henson was the baby of the family. Now that there was someone even younger around, he seemed to relish the chance to play the elder brother.

Leaving the 9th Mansion, Estelle gently patted Norah’s shoulder before getting into the car and said softly, “Think it over. If a relationship is causing you pain, it’s okay to let it go.”

Norah turned, her eyes wide with surprise, and looked into Estelle’s clear gaze. Her nose tingled with emotion, and she nearly broke into tears. She looked down and murmured, “I understand.”

“It will pass,” Estelle assured her.

“Yeah,” Norah replied and hugged Estelle briefly before getting into her car.

Late into the night, well past midnight, Jonathan bathed Estelle and helped her into bed before applying body lotion to her skin.

The wound on Estelle’s back had almost completely healed, leaving no scars, and the new skin was as soft and pink as a baby’s.

the spot tenderly, lingering

reached out to hold his arm,

agreement, Jonathan lay down beside her, holding

a comfortable spot in his arms and was quickly overtaken by sleepiness, her

switched off the bedside lamp and stroked her freshly dried hair, murmuring, “There’s a bit of a situation at the M Country branch.

eyelashes fluttered as she looked up at

at all, but it

chest, Estelle whispered,

nose, “I’ll sort it out as fast as

into his embrace,

his arms around her, gazing out into the tranquil night, he too closed

The next morning

woke up earlier than usual and helped Jonathan put on his shirt,

the second. He carefully instructed her, “While I’m gone, be good. No staying out in the cold, no getting into scraps, and if

with a bow and arrow, but tying a tie was a finer task she hadn’t mastered

softly, “I

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